Mosquitoes can carry West Nile and Eastern equine encephalitis in Canada, but are theoretically capable of carrying a wider range of diseases, such as Dengue fever. Man caught smuggling nearly 5,000 leeches in luggage.ROM curator 'very happy' to help identify new species of medicinal leech."A really good way of stressing a leech is pouring salt or lemon on it or burning it with a cigarette butt, so we tell people not to do that anymore." "It'll bring with it a bit of bacteria, normally, and so you can get a minor infection from it," he says. Kvist says that when leeches get stressed while feeding, they can vomit some of the blood back into the open wound.
Kvist and Currie shared with CBC News some things you need to know about bloodsucking animals, from leeches to ticks to vampiric moths and bloodthirsty fish known for swimming up people's genitals. It also features live specimens and explores the biology of bloodsucking animals, their use in medicine, and their appearances in stories through the ages.
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The interactive exhibit, which runs until March 22, 2020, includes better advice for how to remove leeches and ticks. Sebastian Kvist, curator of invertebrates, and Doug Currie, senior curator of entomology at the Royal Ontario Museum, are the creators of Bloodsuckers, which opens at the Toronto museum Saturday. But resist the temptation to pour salt on it, as folk wisdom recommends, because that could cause the leech to vomit into the wound, posing unnecessary health risks, suggest biologists behind a new exhibit on bloodsucking animals. The sight of a swollen, slimy leech clamped to your skin sucking away at your blood may evoke a wave of panic and disgust.
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